完形填空(共20小题;每小题1,满分20分)

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)出可以填入空白的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

More than I realized, Dad has helped me keep my balance.

When I was growing up, I was embarrassed to be seen with my father. He was severely disabled and very   31  , and when we would walk together, his hand on my arm for    32  , people would stare. I would inwardly feel uncomfortable at the unwanted   33  . If he ever noticed or was    34  , he never showed that he knew.

    It was difficult to coordinate our steps — his hesitant, mine   35   - and because of that, we didn’t say much   36   we went along. But as we started out, he always said, “You set the pace. I will try to follow you.”

    Our   37   walk was to or from the subway, which was   38   he got to work. He went to work despite illness and nasty weather. He almost never missed a day, and would   39   it to the office even if others could not. A matter of   40  .

He never talked about himself as an object of pity, nor did he show any envy of the more fortunate or   41  . What he looked for   42   others was a “good heart,” and if he found one, the   43   was good enough for him.

Now that I am older, I believe that his idea is a proper   44   by which to judge people, even though I   45   don’t know exactly what a “good heart” is.   46   I know the times I don’t have one myself.

    He has been gone many years now, but I think of him often. I wonder if he   47   I was unwilling to be seen with him during our   48  . Now that I am older, I’m sorry that I never told him how sorry I was for my feeling   49   to be with him in public and how unworthy I felt to be his daughter. I think of him when I complain about trifles (something unimportant), when I am envious of another’s good fortune, and when I don’t possess a “good heart”.

    At such times I put my hand on his arm to   50   my balance, and say, “You set the pace. I will try to follow you.”

31.A. weak    B. depressed   C. short             D. cautious

32.A. balance        B. strength       C. comfort        D. courage

33.A. care     B. attention     C. situation      D. friendship

34.A. puzzled         B. confused      C. amazed        D. bothered

35.A. delighted     B. impatient     C. sympathetic         D. determined

36.A. before B. since    C. as         D. once

37.A. common       B. ordinary       C. average        D. usual

38.A. how      B. why      C. when   D. where

39.A. get       B. make   C. take     D. walk

40.A. joy        B. faith     C. belief   D. pride

41.A. rich       B. successful    C. able      D. hardworking

42.A. on         B. in C. at          D. with

43.A. owner  B. keeper C. winner D. other

44.A. method        B. value    C. standard               D. level

45.A. yet        B. also      C. ever     D. still

46.A. And      B. But       C. Now     D. Then

47.A. sensed          B. smelled        C. agreed          D. recognized

48.A. walks   B. talks     C. stays    D. visits

49.A. afraid   B. proud   C. ashamed      D. disappointed

50.A. find       B. keep     C. refill     D. regain

第三部分:阅读理解(共2节,满分35分)

第一节:阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑(共15小题,每小题2分,满分30分).

ARGENTINA’S new government faced public anger over its recent decision to greatly reduce the dollar value of its citizens’ bank savings. More than two-thirds of Argentine bank savings were in US dollars. The country’s recession (衰退),which is in its fourth year, has left a third of Argentine’s 36 million people in poverty.

A few angry people took the streets on January 21, beating pots and pans in protest. And a group of unemployed Argentines demanding jobs blocked a major highway into Argentina’s capital city, Buenos Aires.

Argentines fear they could lose up to half the dollar value of their savings. Some on the street said the country’s fifth president in the past month has already failed them.

After three weeks in power, President Eduardo Duhalde has broken his first and biggest promise. He said he would return people’s savings in the currency in which were deposited(开户). Duhalde aims to make exports more competitive. But this is expected to have a serious effect on ordinary families, for the simple reason that in Argentine, 80 percent of loans and mortgages(抵押) are in dollars. The government froze all the bank savings made in dollars, worth US$45 billion in total to stop a run on banks. This cause huge street protest earlier this month and contributed to the downfall of two governments. “Most of my life savings were just taken away from me, “ said Jose, a 38-year-old citizen. “I was going to move to Italy but now I can’t because my money is trapped here. Argentina is like a prison.”

The government loosened the new banking rules a little bit on January 17. However, people still don’t have free access to their bank account. They are only allowed to take out rapidly devaluing pesos, even though their savings are in US dollars.

The banking controls will remain in place for about three months, with a few exceptions for the elderly or people with sever illnesses who need crash.

56. How many people have been left in poverty because of Argentina’s economic recession?

A. all Argentines people                             B. 24 million people

C. 12 million people                                 D. 36 million people

57. What cause Argentines to protest in the streets earlier this month?

Argentina’s economic recession.

Argentina’s new government made its people angry.

Argentina’s government froze all the bank savings made in US dollars.

Two of Argentina’s governments failed to make exports more competitive.

58. What does the sentence… my money is trapped here” mean_____?

My bank savings have been frozen by the government.

I don’t want to take my money away.

I don’t have any money in the bank.

My money has been taken by the Italian government.

59. According to the article, which of the following sentences is correct?

people can get their money from the bank freely.

People are only allowed to get US dollars from the bank.

The government will only allow people to get pesos from the bank.

The banking controls will loosen a little in three months’ time.

60. Argentines cannot get US dollars from the bank unless they are_____.

A. ordinary people                             B. rich or government officials

C. poor people                                          D. old or seriously ill

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